Today I learned on Nostr: TIL during Obon, an annual family reunion holiday in Japan, the spirits of ancestors ...

TIL during Obon, an annual family reunion holiday in Japan, the spirits of ancestors are believed to revisit household altars, and to help them come back home and return, a cucumber horse and an eggplant cow are crafted as vessels, respectively.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obon
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